Earlier this week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its annual
Targeting Scams report, which looks at how scammers are operating and where victims are being caught out.
Not exact matches
There have been several
reports of text message
scams targeting people in the Austin area.
If you feel you've been
targeted, please
report instances of harassment to our Periodical Watchguard contact, Bridget Wells (
[email protected]), who can issue a cease and desist letter on your behalf, and will continue to work to prevent future
scams.
As online dating has become more popular, so too have
scams targeting people using the sites under the... The BBB estimates that number is low, since many people are too embarrassed to
report their experiences, researchers say.
IOVATION BLOG - Mar 10 - According to a recent Toronto Sun article, «Money scammers
target online daters,» Durham Regional Police received several
reports — all during the weeks following Valentine's day — from women claiming they had been
scammed by men they met online.
Statistics are hard to nail down on exactly how many seniors are
targeted each year as many people aren't
reporting when they've been
scammed because they find it embarrassing.
A couple of weeks ago, The Student Loan
Report covered an email
scam in the United Kingdom that was encouraging potential
targets to enter in personal information after they were informed that their student loan account was temporarily shutdown due to missing information.
According to the ACCC's Scamwatch
report, a significant increase over the last year, from $ 12 million to around $ 24 million in
reported losses, and many people over the age of 55 seem to have been the
target for these
scams.
If you feel you have been the
target of an illegal credit repair
scam, contact the district attorney in your local area for more information about
reporting the
scam and seeking reimbursement for expenses paid.
Just yesterday, the Student Loan
Report covered the story regarding a new student loan email
scam in the United Kingdom that is
targeting first - year and returning college students.
Law.com in an online article dated August 26, 2008: Lawyer falls prey to Pricey Internet
Scam has reported that at least 7 lawyers in the USA have fallen prey to a collection scam that targets lawyers acting on collecti
Scam has
reported that at least 7 lawyers in the USA have fallen prey to a collection
scam that targets lawyers acting on collecti
scam that
targets lawyers acting on collections.
Lawyers who think they might be the
target of a
scam can also make a
report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov.
Scams are evolving with new tricks being used to lure vulnerable
targets; with
reports of fake customer care telephone calls from digital currency exchanges Coinbase and Kraken.
A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald
reported that the online dating
scams they studied (including the one I summarized above) «had a conversion rate of more than 50 per cent, which meant that more than half of people
targeted on romance websites end up losing money, often to international syndicates.»
But hackers are busy, too, and the National Association of REALTORS ® has received
reports that sophisticated e-mail
scams are
targeting the real estate industry.